Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-30
his PRIVATE eR1EFs.,
A Correspondent Calls Attention to an
Editors Attitude


To the Editor OF the Register:
SIR: "What private griefs they have,
alas, we know not, what makes them do
it." Whether it he personal interests that
they desire to further at the expense ofthe
advancement ofthe city; or the determine
ton to contrOvert what they did not orr
ginate, or merely a shallow resolution to
be consistent at all hazards, the IateRigeacer
has with a persistence worthy Of q better
cause, steadily showed its hostility to the
Railroad Bridge by damning it with faint
praise, ~endeayoring to turn attention to
side issues, and ny disappearing the
status of affairs in q way to confuse those
who do not know the real situation
Its editorials have been in the highest de-
gree puerile throughout, and so glaringly
full of discrepancies as to excite
the decision of everyone capable
of doing his own thinking;
when, for instance, in the issue of Septem-
Der %, they charge the communication OF
Gold Short" with length and lack only
of breadth and thickness, do they not ex-
pose themselves 10 the imputation of want
of some of those same characteristics?
Length they certainly have, and thickness,
a thick and muddy opposition to a pro-
ject which everyone knows we'll is the
making of our city. Yet the. editorial is
thick. very thick, but not so thick as to
prevent the endeavor to disintegrate it,
which we shall endeavor 10 do. And in
making that criticism upon Gold Short
they can never dispel the popular impress
sion that he has earnestly and honestly and
ably labored for the welfare of this CON-
munity, with a public spirit which entities
him TO the highest regard. Nor
can the editor of the Htehigeacer
charge him with interested and
selfish motives in his communication
to the Age of Steel. Whether such a self
interest actuates the editor in his attitude
towards the bridge, a discriminating
public with a good memory well knows.
SPY comparison with other needs says
the IRteUigencer, I'VE do not need the
bridge" What other needs? Why, Con
gressional legislation" Very true; but
will the bridge prevent this legislation?
Will it in any way impede it? or will the
neglect of the bridge hasten its enactment?
We don't see the relevancy of the issue.
1--WE are Just as well off as Pittsburg in
respect to Railroads" This assertion is
both false and foolish. Suppose it were
true; We need not rest content with that.
We want better facilities. Are we to
measure our progress by Others? We wish
they had done so for us. We suggest that
the editor emigrate to that city; they
would welcome him on that argument.
1--WE need coke roads" So we do, but
how otherwise are we to get them? The
htelliqeRcer states the needs but devises
no remedy; aye, opposes the only one at
hand.
1.-THE Railroad Bridge will simply add
to the burdens upon our manufactures. +"
Why did not that newspaper think OF this
when ~agitating the defunct Park? Their
intellect is absorbing new ideas. Mr..
Editor, this argument is specious and
ldlSCs luG liIlOllNS W VIKING w wa
the burden; they are crying for it. You
are like the intoxicated man who imag-
agined all the world to be inebriated ex-
cept himself. You are tipsy, not the man.
ufacturers; and they will also attend to the
wire nail, which can be Us well made
despite the Bridge and a through coke
road to and from the East and West.
But we cannot spend further time upon
such a chick" editorial as this; it is o
sample of the whole absurd series. All
intelligent citizens understand pretty we'll
the animus at basis. and they will suffer
neither private interests of a conflicting
character, nor q spirit of opposition, con-
tinued because begun a decade ago, TO
stand in their way. Let us take the
means at hand; this is the tide in the affairs
of this city; take it at the flood and let it
lead on to fortune. PROGRESS.